The
other day, a middle-aged woman sadly told me her husband was "moving
out." I responded that middle-aged men often get stupid, and she
corrected me saying, "You mean 'stupider'." In a way, she
was right, and I replied that I was one of the few men on earth who
understood that women are actually smarter than men. She smiled, thinking
that I was simply trying to make a clever point. However, I really meant
what I said, and my understanding of female superiority began at a very
early age.

When
I was in my baby stroller, I remember looking at a little girl about
my age and thinking she was beautiful. I noticed that she knew I was
looking at her and she looked away with disinterest, connoting an air
of superiority. When I got to elementary school, I noticed that while
the little boys were hiding behind their textbooks, hoping the teacher
wouldn't call on them, the little girls were raising their hands, eagerly
saying, "Teacher, please call on me," definitely indicating
early superior intelligence/knowledge.

When
I got to junior high school, I noticed that while the boys were still
acting childishly, the girls were acting more maturely and studious.
And when I got to high school, I remember myself (and other boys) laboring
over 3 hours of homework per night and barely being prepared for school
the next day, while the girls seemed effortlessly to acquire the knowledge
gained from doing the assignments as if by osmosis. I recall asking
myself many times, "How do they (the girls) do that?"

This
trend continued into college and transitioned into young adulthood,
say about 25 years of age, in the following way. Young men exhibit a
sort of primitive, caveman mentality, looking at young women at the
most basic level (e.g., "Is she good-looking?"). Young women,
on the other hand, already have developed a highly sophisticated array
of social antenna. A guy can be looking at a young woman from 25 feet
away, "sizing her up" on a rudimentary "beauty scale"
(e.g., great smile, figure, etc.), and at the same time, even with her
back turned to him, the young woman knows she is being observed and
does an instant analysis of whether the guy is worth bothering with.

She
may take out her compact with mirror to get a quick look at him over
her shoulder, and then, like obtaining immediate comprehensive internet
search results, she does an instant (about 2 seconds in length) analysis
of his attributes or lack thereof---does he look dependable/trustworthy,
kind/caring, self-centered or not, strong or wimpy, capable of making
a good salary, etc., etc.). Women also multitask better than men, another
clear sign of superior intelligence abilities. And everyone has heard
stories of men (unlike most women) forgetting their wives' birthdays
(or their anniversaries). For these forgetful men, I have written the
following as a card:

Card
title: "Every Day Is Like Your Birthday To Me"

Yes,
I had forgotten your birthday,
And I know that's made you sad.
But sweetheart, there's a reason
You should know why I had.

It's
because every day I can be with you
Is like your birthday to me.
Every day I think of things I can say or do
That will make you happy!

A
prayer, a smile, an encouraging word,
With a loving embrace are my gifts to you.
So please don't be sad I forgot your birthday,
Because every day I love you, all the whole year through.

At
an early point in their lives, women have developed a skill that lasts
them their entire lifetime, and that is the ability to act/pretend as
if they are on the same intellectual level with men, when women are
actually superior to them. Men, not being comparatively bright, fall
for this act and believe men and women are of equal intelligence. Men
don't realize the intellectually inferior position they are in, and
therefore women can use men's lack of understanding to their advantage
in "outsmarting" men on various levels.

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This
particular ability of women begins at a very early age. You may have
heard the expression that even little girls are able to "wrap their
daddies around their little fingers." Older girls also have the
ability to present themselves to boys on a multidimensional level. They
can instantly transform themselves from being brash to demure, flashy
to reserved, talkative to quiet, outgoing to shy, playful to serious,
etc., and vice versa. Whereas boys are pretty much what you see---the
jock, the nerd, etc.

Dennis Laurence Cuddy, historian
and political analyst, received a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill (major in American History, minor in political science).
Dr. Cuddy has taught at the university level, has been a political and
economic risk analyst for an international consulting firm, and has been
a Senior Associate with the U.S. Department of Education.

Cuddy has also testified before members of Congress
on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice. Dr. Cuddy has authored or
edited twenty books and booklets, and has written hundreds of articles
appearing in newspapers around the nation, including The Washington Post,
Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He has been a guest on numerous radio
talk shows in various parts of the country, such as ABC Radio in New York
City, and he has also been a guest on the national television programs
USA Today and CBS's Nightwatch.